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HOT CHOCOLATES
Sexy chocolates for Valentine’s Day from Chocolot
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cal chocolatier Ruth Kendrick makes gorgeous, fat, heart-shaped chocolates in the color of love, filled with passion fruit, raspberries or ganache. Although Kendrick uses high-quality ingredients, locally sourcing as many as possible, hers aren’t chocolates to study or ponder over. They’re chocolates to revel in. Do it together. 6169 S. 2900 East, Ogden, 801-475-5050. Find retail outlets at chocolot.com
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erious foodies are all about bean to bar chocolate now. They want their chocolate packaged with as much gravitas as French wine, carefully labeled with bean origin and cacao percentage. We applaud the connoisseur’s approach to chocolate and the resulting rise in quality of product and appreciation. But it’s Valentine’s Day—who wants to present their lover with a paper-wrapped rectangle? Lo-
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